We took advantage of a beautiful 60 degree January day and followed the Day Trip 02 itinerary in Shifra Steins’s book “Day Trips from Kansas City”. Our first stop was at a small cemetery on the west side of Kearney. Mount Olivet cemetery is the location of Jesse James's grave. Around Liberty and Kearney there are a lot of Jesse James historical sites, but the cemetery where he is buried is not well marked or advertised (which is nice).
From there we went to Watkins Mill State Park to do a little walking. The stream and lake were still partially frozen. The construction on the bike trail around the lake appears to be complete so we’ll have to take our bikes up there sometime soon.
We drove through Excelsior Springs and Richmond, both very nice little towns, before heading home.
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